EMA team to meet NE Olympians
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 22 2012:
The European Manipuri Association (EMA), London is planning to meet all the Olympians from the North East India on July 26 at London, a day before the inauguration of the 2012 Olympics, starting on july 27 .
An EMA statement received here, said "It is indeed a proud moment for all of us specially for the North East India diaspora here in UK.
We believe that irrespective of the result, 10 Olympians representing North East India itself is a great achievement for us" .
In order to encourage the 10 Olympians, EMA is planning to hand-over greeting cards with wishes and encouraging words from the well wishers in UK, it conveyed adding that an on-line Facebook Campaign ("Support Our NE Olympians" Facebook Group Link: http://www.facebook.com/groups/498268426855504/) has also been started for collecting best wishes from well wishers around the Globe, which EMA aim to print the wishes and present to the Olympians on July 26 .
The London 2012 Olympics North East India Dream Team includes MC Mary Kom (boxing/Manipur), Laishram Bombayla (archery/Manipur), Chekrovolu Swuro (archery/Nagaland), Ngangbam Soniya Chanu (weightlifting/Manipur), Shiva Thapa (boxing/Assam), Somdev Devvarman (tennis/Tripura), Laishram Devendro (boxing/Manipur), Jayanta Talukdar (archery/Assam),, Khadangbam Kothajit Singh (hockey/Manipur) and Tarundeep Rai (archery/Sikkim) .